Well, my 2011 pc with a non-k i5 2500 just died. I already pulled the trigger and awaiting parts delivery for a Ryzen, but I'm the sort that have constant second thoughts (or buyer's remorse).

Ryzen5 1600
Asus Prime B350 Plus motherboard
2x8GB Geil 3000mhz RAM (listed in the QVL)
Samsung 850 EVO 250gb
Seagate 2TB Barracuda

Going to reuse my 1060GTX Zotac 6GB AMP, since my monitor is only 1080p.

Overclocking isn't one of my priorities.

Give this video a look. I like this channel, very factual and emphasis on value for money.

Maybe you can shave some more savings? What made you choose 1500x instead of plain 1500 or 1600? Do you plan to overclock? If so, why? Pure gaming? Then you're better off investing in a better graphic card.

All Ryzen chips can be overclocked. The X ones are higher clock speed and a little bit more settings for advanced users.

Be aware that Ryzen do not have integrated graphics, you actually need a GPU for display. If you are planning to wait, then you should reconsider. Think about your priorities for the new PC, whether you actually need it or not. Maybe you could just get by with an upgrade here or there.

This post has been edited by ray123: May 17 2017, 11:57 PM

I actually don't know much about AMD, this week I will be getting my first AMD machine ever (Ryzen5 1600 with 16GB RAM) to replace my year 2011 i5-2500. I'm a little better off as I already have a 1060 GTX 6GB from the old pc to put in the new one. In fact I wouldn't want to replace it at all if not for the motherboard failure, I was happily playing Mass Effect Andromeda on High settings at 1080p on my i5-2500 with 8GB RAM.

What I meant was if you're tight for budget, maybe you should save up more first and upgrade a part or two in your existing machine, stuff that can be brought over to your new computer in the future: eg graphic card or a SSD drive. I joined this thread late, I do not know what your existing machine is, but it seems to me that if you're changing a new PC for gaming then you should get 16GB Ram and at least a 1060 card to see a massive upgrade in gaming experience in 2017.

This post has been edited by ray123: May 18 2017, 01:50 AM

You can test drive

Since it's an entire cybercafe of Ryzens, maybe someone there can give you more advice.

Agree, see the following for something similar.

These? https://www.lelong.com.my/catalog/all/list?TheKeyword=a320m

Model names to look for: http://www.pcgamer.com/msi-introduces-five...ards-for-ryzen/

Sorry, seems you're looking for mini-itx... I guess you can wait for Biostar to arrive.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/biostar-m...yzen,34172.html

This post has been edited by ray123: May 19 2017, 01:26 PM

So my machine finally came.

Ryzen5 1600
16GB RAM GeiL Super-Luce 3000mhz
Asus Prime B350 Plus

For the heck of it I pressed the Asus AI Suite 3's Auto Tuning and it gave me 3.5ghz auto overclock. Ok, but I was just testing it. But is there no way to return to default values? There isn't even a default profile in the suite. I manually set the clock back to 3.2 but I don't know whether the voltages and such were affected. I went to bios and load optimized settings, but I read that they would be overwritten by the the Suite's profile once in Windows.

On a side note, the bios did detect my RAM's DOCP of 2933mhz (which I was skeptical since it was Taiwanese and the particular model was not listed in the QVL, and not much internet presence), so if there are people looking for relatively cheaper RAM with breathing lights you can perhaps consider it.

I'm very noob at this so bear with me.

I can't believe there's no default or restore function after the auto-tuning. How do I know if it has messed with other settings?

I also don't know how to overclock it over the bios. In videos I see people simply typing a number (eg 37 or 44) in the core ratio, but for me it is greyed out after I put to manual and two sub options FID and DID appeared... also greyed out.

If you are curious, this is what they looked like. From their very barebones website it seems they actually just released the same kits but specifically for Ryzen.

Am I missing something?

edit: I actually never tried typing into the box, I did remember pressing up and down and there were only Auto and Manual. I'll see later.

Don't mind the RAM @ 2133, I loaded optimized defaults to write all the values down as a physical reference.



This post has been edited by ray123: May 21 2017, 08:53 PM

I'm so dumb. So I just have to type into the box (not my fault, no prompt appeared!). I saw the little dropdown menu and assumed there was only Auto and Manual, never expecting that I could actually type into the box.

Yes, quite. Time for more in-depth research... though for single player gaming purposes I read that the gains are not much unless it's extreme overclocking (a few more frames) compared to productivity application. Of course, this is game-dependent but it seems the ones that gain the most are multiplayer titles, which I have little interest besides Hearthstone.

What does that mean if that happens?

Asus Prime B350 Plus here.

Don't be too sure, I think it just happened to me. The system beeped once (only once), the fans died down and whirred back up 3 times before I even see the Asus In Search of Incredible splashscreen, and then into Windows normally. CPU-Z still says I'm on 3000mhz RAM though.

Well, what did you do? On latest Bios 0609.

Did the beta bios notes say what was fixed, ie did they say what the problem actually was?

Updated my Asus Prime B350 Plus to BIOS 0803 with AGESA 1.0.0.6. Mmmmmm no more cold boot issues~